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Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Joel Kaplan, named in January 2025 as Meta's president of global affairs, descend a staircase after leaving a meeting with a Republican senator in Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2019. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
January 15, 2025, 9:24 am
Jewish groups pushed Meta to crack down on hate speech. Now, the company is reversing course.
The company offered “Jews are flat out greedier than Christians” as an example of newly allowed speech.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
January 14, 2025, 6:03 pm
Chronicle poll results: Social media
We asked our readers how many social media accounts they have. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
January 7, 2025, 2:28 pm
Chronicle poll question
How many social media accounts do you have?
Rona Kaufman is producing videos that she hopes will, in part, reclaim the history and importance of Zionism as part of Jewish identity. (Screenshot by David Rullo)
September 10, 2024, 12:34 pm
Duquesne law professor works to make a difference, one video at a time
“I have no interest in spreading propaganda. I am interested in sharing the factual story of the Jewish people...and what Israel is doing during the war.”
By David Rullo
A sign reading "From the river to the sea" can be seen in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Brussels, Belgium, Jan. 21, 2024 (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
September 4, 2024, 3:40 pm
Meta panel rules that ‘from the river to the sea’ is not inherently antisemitic
The board said that because the phrase can have multiple meanings, the context in which it is used must be considered.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at a protest outside Columbia University, in Manhattan, April 18, 2024. (Luke Tress)
August 29, 2024, 10:20 am
2 pro-Palestinian student groups at NYU, Columbia say Instagram removed their accounts
Pro-Palestinian groups regularly share and amplify each other’s messaging, and collaborate with each other and non-student activist groups on events.
By Luke Tress
(Screenshot taken from Facebook)
May 8, 2024, 11:14 am
‘50 Completely True Things,’ a Palestinian-American’s call for compromise
Strikes a chord on social media
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
From left to right, Jason Citron, CEO of Discord, Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snap, Shou Zi Chew, CEO of TikTok, Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta are sworn-in as they testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony from the heads of the largest tech firms on the dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
March 11, 2024, 2:33 pm
House set to vote on bill that could trigger TikTok ban, with support from major Jewish group
Jewish Federations of North America, representing hundreds of organized Jewish communities, said its support for the bill is rooted in concerns about antisemitism on the platform.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Rep. Summer Lee (Photo courtesy of summerlee.house.gov)
March 8, 2024, 11:08 am
Summer Lee staffer identified as person behind anti-Israel Instagram account
After the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, Dear White Staffers shifted focus from supporting workers on Capitol Hill to “a mostly single-issue anti-Israel advocacy page."
By Toby Tabachnick
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei delivers his message for the Iranian New Year, or Nowruz, in Tehran, March 20, 2020. (Iranian Supreme Leader Press Office/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
February 12, 2024, 1:27 pm
Meta shuts down Iranian leader’s accounts for his posts on Hamas and Israel
X has not banned Khamenei despite repeated appeals from Jewish groups.
By Ron Kampeas
(Image courtesy of Pixabay via Pexels)
December 6, 2023, 8:56 am
Parents, talk to your children about what they see online
"Since Hamas’ attack on Israel, hate speech has surged across the internet. ...As parents, we can’t think 'it’s too late' to begin to promote positive, healthy digital behaviors."
By Angela Liddle
This photo distributed by the Israel Defense Forces on Nov. 28, 2023, shows Israeli troops maintaining positions in the Gaza Strip, amid a temporary ceasefire (Israel Defense Forces)
November 29, 2023, 12:09 pm
Countering misinformation during Israel’s war with Hamas
False narratives, misinformation and lies often crowd the media landscape.
By David Rullo
Logo of the social network application Tik Tok on the screen of a phone. (Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images)
November 18, 2023, 10:30 pm
Sacha Baron Cohen, Debra Messing, Amy Schumer and other Jewish celebrities call out ‘the biggest antisemitic movement since the Nazis’ in meeting with TikTok execs
Reports of a spike in antisemitism following the outbreak of Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza
By Jackie Hajdenberg
(Photo by cottonbro studios)
October 10, 2023, 3:01 pm
Parents urged to delete social apps before their children see hostage videos
Hamas may soon begin sharing hostage videos of the Israelis and Americans they have captured.
By Jacob Gurvis
Elon Musk (U.S. Air Force photo by Trevor Cokley, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
September 28, 2023, 5:45 pm
Elon Musk insists antisemitism isn’t a problem on X
Declaration made in live chat with right-leaning Jews
By Andrew Lapin
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